Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Women’s Right Fighter
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the earliest American women’s rights activists in the 19th century. However, Stanton was also an active abolitionist with her husband and cousin. During her time, Stanton was a well-educated woman, who wanted to attend a college that only admitted males. It was common that colleges would restrict women from attending there. When it came to Stanton, she focused mainly on the issues pertaining to women’s right beyond voting rights. Her priorities consisted of women’s parental and custody rights, property rights, employment and income rights, divorce, the economic health of the family and birth control. On top of fighting for women’s rights in varying ways, Elizabeth Caddy …show more content…
She showed that she was a remarkable central organizer as well as the primary advocate for feminism. Poirot mentions that Stanton voiced her concerns through movement speeches, letters and essays. Described as audacious and clever, Stanton became a popular lecturer that spoke out on many issues, which included women’s suffrage, divorce law, and education. Since Stanton was extremely calculated, she could drive the women’s right movement forward in the right direction. Her works allowed her to explain her initiative for the women's movement within such an antagonistic world. However, it is stated that feminist rhetoricians still have not established any significance on feminism. Instead of speaking as a participant, feminist speaks as though they are observers in their role in gender production. Though Stanton retired from lecturing across the United States, she continued to write. Stanton continued to work for women’s rights as well as for the anti-slavery movements, in the years succeeding the
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the earliest American women’s rights activists in the 19th century. However, Stanton was also an active abolitionist with her husband and cousin. During her time, Stanton was a well-educated woman, who wanted to attend a college that only admitted males. It was common that colleges would restrict women from attending there. When it came to Stanton, she focused mainly on the issues pertaining to women’s right beyond voting rights. Her priorities consisted of women’s parental and custody rights, property rights, employment and income rights, divorce, the economic health of the family and birth control. On top of fighting for women’s rights in varying ways, Elizabeth Caddy …show more content…
She showed that she was a remarkable central organizer as well as the primary advocate for feminism. Poirot mentions that Stanton voiced her concerns through movement speeches, letters and essays. Described as audacious and clever, Stanton became a popular lecturer that spoke out on many issues, which included women’s suffrage, divorce law, and education. Since Stanton was extremely calculated, she could drive the women’s right movement forward in the right direction. Her works allowed her to explain her initiative for the women's movement within such an antagonistic world. However, it is stated that feminist rhetoricians still have not established any significance on feminism. Instead of speaking as a participant, feminist speaks as though they are observers in their role in gender production. Though Stanton retired from lecturing across the United States, she continued to write. Stanton continued to work for women’s rights as well as for the anti-slavery movements, in the years succeeding the